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J. HUSSONG.

10E VELOGIPEDE.

No. 330,786. Patented Nov. 17, 1885.

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I UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

JOSEPH HUSSONG, OF CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY.

ICE-IVELOCIPEDE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 330,786, dated November17, 1885.

Application filed September 14, 1885. Serial No. 177,093. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JosEPH HUSSONG, of Camden, in the county of Camdenand State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Ice-Triped, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to the construction of sleds adaptedfor use on ice;and it consists of combinations of parts, which will be hereinafterdescribed,and specifically pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings,forming part of thisspecification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a side view of my improved icetriped, and Fig. 2 is a planview of the same.

The frame upon which the runners A, A, and B are mounted consists of twobars, 0 O, curved inward at their forward ends and united to a verticalstandard, D, the rear end of the bars being curved downward, as shown,in order that the runners A A may be secured thereto. The standard D hastwo inwardlyprojecting arms, act, formed with apertures, through whichthe shank b of the runner B projects, said shank being formed with ashoulder, c, which abuts against the under side i of the arm a, while astop-nut, d, is carried by the shank above the arm last named. The upperend of the shank extends above the arm a, and is provided with acrank-arm, e, which is connected to the lever F by the jointedeonnecting-rod f f, the lever F being pivoted to the bar 0 at g, andextending upward there from to within reach of the operator, who sitsupon a seat, H, that is supported by a crossbar, I, carried by the twoupwardly-projecting arms N N, which branch off from the bars 0 O, as isclearly shown, s'aid bar I serving as a brace for the frame-work. Thesection f of the rod f f is. guided by the bracket 9, so that when thelever F is moved forward or back the section f will be advanced orretracted, thereby moving the crank-arm 6 through the medium of thesection f, and thereby causing the runner B to point to one side or theother, according to the direction of the throw of the lever F. Across-rod, J, is rigidly secured to the bars 0 0, so as to reach acrossthe machine just forward of the seat H, and upon this rod J thedrive-wheel frame K is pivotally mounted. This frame K consists of twobackwardly-extending arms,

h h, in the free ends of which the shaft L is journaled, the forwardends of the arms h h being rigidly connected by the cross-piece 76. Thedriving-Wheel M, the periphery ofywhich is provided with sharp points rr, is centrally fixed upon theshaft L,which carries a sprocketwheel, S,driven by a chain,O,which engages with a second and largersprocket-wheel, P, that is carried by the crank-shaft E. Thiscrank-shaft R is mounted in bearings carried by the bars 0 O, and isdoubled-cranked, as shown, and provided with any of the ordinary formsof pedals,which,it will of course be understood, are within reach of theoperator.

One end of the cross-piece k is broadened, and to this broadened endthere is rigidly secured the upright 1ever-arm T, which rests againstthe inner face of a horizontal arm, n, which extends forward from thebar I, and is notched at 0, the wheelM and the frame K being soproportioned that when the lever T is against the notch 0 the wheel willbe just clear of I the ice. In order that the wheel M may be pressedagainst the ice with considerable force, I connect it with a spring, u,which spring is also connected with an arm, u, that is pivoted to thebar I back of the arm n, the said arm ubeing arranged so as to fold tothe position shown in full lines in Fig. 2, or to be extended, as shownin dotted lines in said figure and in full lines in Fig. l, the ideabeing to vary the pressure which the spring produces between the wheel Mand the ice-that is to say,when a light pressure only is required thearm a is folded at right angles to the arm a; but when an increasedpressure is required the arm uis extended backward, thereby increas--ing the tension upon the spring to.

The machine is provided with two brakes, m m, which are hook-pointedbars, that are pivoted to the frame at pp. These bars m m are connectedto the arms h h by rods q g, which are secured to their forward ends sothat as the lever T is thrown forward to elevate the wheel M, thebrake-points will be 1owered,so as to scrape along the ice, the leverand connections being so adjusted that when the lever is against thenotch o and the wheel M. just clear from the ice the ,brakepoints willalso be just abovethe ice, so that by moving the lever T slightlyforward they will be made to bear thereon and check the motion of themachine.

In operation the machine is started by the action of the operator uponthe crank-shaft, the lever 'I being first drawn back so that the spring14 will act to press the wheel M against the ice. When sufficientvelocity has been given to the machine, the lever T is thrown intoengagement with the notch 0, after which the machine will glide alongover the ice; but the motion may at any time be checked by simplyadvancing the lever T to depress the points of the brakes m m.

Having thus described my invention,l claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. In an ice-triped, the combination of the fol'owingelements: mainframe runners A,A, and B, drivewheel frame K, drive-wheelM, sprockets S and 1?, chain 0, crank-shaft R, lever T, and spring u,connected to a folding arm, a, substantially as described.

and B, frame K, drive-wheel M, sprockets S and P, chain 0, crank-shaftR, lever T, spring u, arm n, notched at 0, and brakes on m, con-.

nected to the frame K by rods (1 q, substantially as described.

4. In an ice-triped, the combination of the following elements:main-frame runners A,A,

and B, frame K, lever T, brakes m m, and

rods q q, substantially as described.

JOSEPH HUSSONG.

WVitnesses:

JONAS S. MILLER, JAMEs H. CASSADY.

